Health

New Delhi, April 23 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday requested the States to deal strictly with hoarding and black marketing of essential medicines and injections.Chairing a meeting of Chief Ministers of high burden states, Modi said that the…

New Delhi, April 23 : A natural molecule called biliverdin present in human body is helping SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, escape antibodies – a discovery that can help explain why some Covid patients become severely ill despite having …

Panaji, April 23 : The Goa government on Friday lowered the existing capped price for Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals from Rs 10,000 per day to Rs 8,000 per day for treatment in a general ward.”Considering the sudden surge of Covid-19 cases i…

Hyderabad, April 23 : Nine empty oxygen tankers from Telangana were airlifted to Odisha on Friday to bring back oxygen faster to the state for supply to hospitals treating Covid patients.Two C-17 planes of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were used to airl…

Chennai, April 23 : As part of containing the second wave of Covid-19 ,the Union Territory of Puducherry has banned the sale of all liquor including arrack, toddy and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in bars and toddy shops from 2 p.m. onwards from …

Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 : Both the traditional rivals in Kerala’s political rubric, the ruling Left and the Congress-led Opposition, on Friday launched attacks on the vaccine distribution policy of the Narendra Modi government, terming it “flawe…

Amaravati, April 23 : Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.”I have shown mild symptoms and upon testing, my report came as Covid positive,” said Reddy.Following the positive report, the m…

New Delhi, April 23 : The national capital is grappling with not only oxygen shortage for Covid patients admitted in over one hundred hospitals, but also with short supply of ICU beds including in some big Covid-19 dedicated hospitals.According to De…

Gurugram, April 23 : Amid the rising number of Covid patients in Gurugram, the city’s Artemis hospital on Friday appealed to the central as well as the Haryana governments to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply.”SOS- Less than 3 hours of #Oxygen suppl…

New Delhi, April 23 : Rahul came to Nigambodh Ghat on Friday for funeral of her sister who was eight months pregnant.She died due to Covid related complications in LNJP. The family hails from Paharganj, New Delhi and was at the ghat for the funeral. …